International Fiction Gets The Nod...

My Dad used to tell me (still does from time to time) if at first you don't succeed, try and try again. When I was younger, I tended to give up pretty easily. As I matured, that changed. I think it has something to do with an underlying stubborn streak that developed somewhere along the way. We'll blame genetics for that I think. Anyway, now as a forty something year old, I wouldn't call myself tenacious by any means, but I guess I like a challenge. I am a writer after all.
When I first stepped up on the soap box and started talking International Fiction, I wasn't sure where it would lead.
However, I'm happy to say that there are many other authors out there who feel the same way as I do. We've started a Fan Page on Facebook to promote our genre and lots of people have joined, which means nothing really except to show that there IS interest. What's really exciting though, is that a new publisher "Written World Communications" has decided to publish stories with foreign settings. Thanks to CEO Kristine Pratt, who listened to what I had to say regarding International Fiction, they've jumped on the bandwagon and decided to embrace it! This is great news for myself and other authors outside of the US, as well as anyone who is writing International Fiction. I hope it pays off for all of us!
I appreciate everyone who's given support and encouragement to myself and the rest of us, keep it coming!

The Road is Long...

With many a winding turn...
I've always loved that song. Not only because it's a cool song and I like the old stuff, but because of what it means.
Would you carry your brother or sister?
Maybe you've been carried. I know I have. I don't know that I've carried anybody else through a tough time, but I'd like to think so.
There's something amazing to me about the complexity of human relationships. I always jokingly say I'm not a people person and I could live quite happily alone on a deserted island, but I think I'd probably go nuts without my friends. I need to know they're there, even if we don't see each other every day. Even if I'm avoiding the world because I just don't want to deal with it, or I'm in the middle of a manuscript and don't dare come up for air, sooner or later somebody will come over and drag me out of my cave.
Then there are those friends who stand with me in my writing journey. I'm so grateful for each one of them, the mentors, the cheerleaders, even the ones who tear my writing to shreds, in the nicest possible way.
Over the past week I wrote about the difficulty of getting stories with foreign settings published.
I feel so passionate about it that I know I've been called to go down that road. The long, winding road.
That leads us to who knows where.
Okay, I'll stop singing.
It's exciting though, because I'm not alone. I have friends, some of whom I have yet to meet, that are willing to go along for the ride. I think it's safe to say that the birth of International Fiction has arrived.
We're tossing various ideas around, one of them being the creation of a blog where we can promote our new genre and get feedback from the folks that matter - you, the reader.
I'll post more on that when it happens. I'm hoping one day I'll be able to write that novel set in Bermuda.
But for now, share my excitement at the prospect of what is to come, pray for us as we venture into unknown territory, and stay tuned for news!
Let me know your thoughts. What do you think when you hear 'International Fiction' ?